Rooney, Laura V. On Tuesday, August 4, 1970, at the Hyattsville Nursing Home, Laura V. Rooney, beloved mother of Catherine R. Murray, of Rockville, Md., and Theodore R. Rooney of Atherton, Calif. Friends may call at Joseph Gawler's Sons, 5130 Wisconsin Ave. at Harrison St. NW (parking on premises) Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where services will be held on Friday, August 7, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Congressional Cemetery.